Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backwoodsman"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Backwoodsman \Back"woods"man\, n.; pl. {Backwoodsmen}.
A man living in the forest in or beyond the new settlements,
especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of
the United States. --Fisher Ames.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

backwoodsman
n : a man who lives on the frontier [syn: {frontiersman}, {mountain
man}]


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